Rez

They are hoping to make the practice squad.

I agree WOS benefits from a cupcake district (minus Silsbee), but 55 still says something. The problem is the district is so small they only get four district games a season, right? Or five? So it will take them 7 or 8 more years to get to 90 and by then we might even know who the next president is.

And Disney signs for the movie rights at the end of the season. It's going to be really moving. At least one person will be carried off the field on the team's shoulders.

Ipads are provided at the gate.

We might both be wrong. But it's been known to happen for a team that looks like it should be good to not meet expectations. It's not like PNG hasn't been frustrating to watch at times, though I think they've mostly played well despite a swiss-cheese run defense. In 1999 PNG went to state. In 2000 PNG returned a substantial portion of the starters from that team (minus the QB) and was ranked in the top ten (they may have been ranked #1 for all I know) and went 5-5. BH IS missing key pieces from last year - A lineman the size of Texas who is now at USC and the highly competent and accurate QB from last year. That doesn't mean they won't put it together. I just hope they don't put it together until next week

I agree PAM offense is predictable - it is the biggest thing (other than PAM turnovers and mistakes) that allowed PNG to stay in the game.

PNG expects the hosts to provide hair brushes (it's the only gentlemanly thing to do), but they can brush their own hair.

They are similar to PNG -- A lot of play action with QB run.

I should clarify what I mean by “BH seems kind of soft.” I don’t mean BH is a weak team, or that they don’t play with toughness. Their performance against PAM was plenty tough. I DO mean they don’t appear as big, athletic, fast, or in sync with one another as last year. They very well might be much better than I’m predicting, but after Crosby, they have to show it against PNG.

I feel confident for PNG. BH strikes me as kind of soft, and not particularly fast. PNG’s one major Achilles heal has been handling a fast running QB, and BH doesn’t seem to have that. And their passing game has not been especially dangerous, at least as compared to PNG. Even setting aside the Crosby game, BH doesn’t strike me as being definitely better than PNG. One area BH looked really strong in against PAM was its defensive line, and that was clear against Crosby as well. I’d definitely say that BH has a better defense than PNG, but not so much better that PNG won’t be able to move the ball. Also, BH’s offense seems to be the kind that PNG defense can deal with (no shifty, unpredictable QB with game-breaking speed like PAM, Beaumont United, and Nederland). PNG seems to have more weapons on offense too, and a clearly better, faster QB. The best comparison to BH on PNG’s schedule is Tomball - bigger school, not clearly better than PNG in any one area. PNG had that game in the bag, but for one or two significant mistakes, which have not repeated since. So if PNG avoids mistakes, it can look forward to a win. We also can’t ignore the BH implosion against Crosby - whatever problems led to that don’t just disappear overnight. I could be wrong, but I’m comfortable putting PNG as a one-score winner.

Barber's Hill coach accuses PNG of trying to cheat by turning football field into a giant iPad.

I think Vidor can pull it off.

Crosby by at least 20

If I’m able to go to this game, I’ll actually be on the home side too 😂. I’ll be sitting with my relatives who have kids at Barbers Hill.

Let's hear it.

Crosby got handed 6 extra possessions against BH. Before the turnovers started, Crosby’s offense looked pretty normal.

I give him a huge break. His team overall did not help him play anything close to a normal game. He had maybe 2 seconds before the pocket collapsed on most plays. Not to mention the receivers getting absolutely outplayed by the Crosby DBs.

Biggest thing for me is the O-line. QB has no time in the pocket, and can't really scramble since he isn't that fast, so he makes dangerous throws and loses the ball. That O-line was abysmal tonight.

man, I hope not.

Game: PNG 42 Dayton 20.

PNG backup QB in. 2:30 minutes left.

Turnovers aside, BH looked awful on offense. No speed. And they kept running the QB even though he wasn't getting anything out of it. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, we can chalk it up to just a bad night. Crosby looked fast. I'd say they are the team to beat.

Touchdown Dayton. Dayton lined up in swinging gate. Extra point blocked, picked up by PNG, run to the 19. 42-20 PNG. About 5 minutes left.

Dayton just had a beautiful throw on the run and catch for a 3rd-down completion. Gain of 23.

Dayton ball, but at this point scrambling for garbage time points. 7:06 left, 42-14 PNG. Dayton packed up to Dayton 29 after a penalty. 1st down and 16.